An illustrated collection of favourite stories and classic rhymes accompanied by Ian Beck's delicate, nostalgic illustrations which evoke a gentle ideal of childhood in the tradition of Kate Greenaway and Edward Ardizzone. The collection contains stories and rhymes that are classic childhood reading - from The Elves and the Shoemaker to The Porridge Pot, with accompanying poems by William Blake, Robert Louis Stevenson and Christina Rossetti as well as a selection of nursey rhymes and songs.An illustrated collection of favourite stories and classic rhymes accompanied by Ian Beck's delicate, nostalgic illustrations which evoke a gentle ideal of childhood in the tradition of Kate Greenaway and Edward Ardizzone. The collection contains stories and rhymes that are classic childhood reading - from The Elves and the Shoemaker to The Porridge Pot, with accompanying poems by William Blake, Robert Louis Stevenson and Christina Rossetti as well as a selection of nursey rhymes and songs.